Every Q-tips box has a warning label: 'Do not insert swab into ear canal,' and if you're going to use it to clean your ears, gently swab the outer part only.
Q-tips, a brand of Unilever, is seen on display in a store in Manhattan, New York City, on March 24, and sticking Q-tips in your ears also can damage the ear canal.
In 1923, Gerstenzang supposedly thought he could improve upon his wife Ziuta's method of wrapping a wad of cotton around a toothpick to clean their newborn daughter Betty's eyes, ears, belly button and other sensitive areas during bathing. Soon, Gerstenzang changed the brand name to "Q-Tips Baby Gays." By the mid-1930s, "Baby Gays" was dropped from the name.
Mid-century advertisements often featured illustrations of men and women cleaning their ears or their babies' ears with them, including one depicting a man removing water from his ears after a swim.Even Betty White later appeared in television spots for Q-tips in the 1970s and 1980s, promoting them as the "safest and softest" swabs on the market for your eyes, nose and ears.
It wasn't until the 1970s, under previous owner Chesebrough-Pond's, that Q-tips added a warning about not sticking the thing in your ear. It's unclear what prompted this change. "It was just accepted that that's how people were using it," said Aaron Calloway, the Q-tips brand manager at Unilever in 2007 and 2008.So what should you use Q-tips for? The company has several suggestions. For decades, it has tried to emphasize the versatility of cotton swabs.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
What to wear running as a beginner or intermediate runner, according to expertsTips on what to wear on your feet and body
Read more »
What to wear running as a beginner or intermediate runner, according to expertsTips on what to wear on your feet and body
Read more »
What to wear running as a beginner or intermediate runner, according to expertsTips on what to wear on your feet and body
Read more »
Elmo, 3, joins youngest Americans in getting vaccinatedBeloved ‘Sesame Street’ character talks about getting his COVID-19 shot in YouTube PSA
Read more »
‘Tiger King’ star Doc Antle set to be released on bond‘Tiger King’ star Bhagavan (Doc) Antle gets $250,000 bond
Read more »
Opinion: A stunning portrait of presidential depravity has Trump near the tipping pointCassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the Jan. 6 committee could have dire consequences, political and legal, for the former president
Read more »